Duration
Internship : 120h Internship
Competitions or international meetings :
Number of credits
| Master in law (120 ECTS) | 20 crédits |
Lecturer
Internship : Luc Bihain, Guillaume Gailliet, Olivier Michiels, François Minon, Michel Peters, Didier Pire, Annick Sadzot, Sylvie Thielen
Competitions or international meetings : Michel Peters, Jonathan Wildemeersch
Substitute(s)
Internship : Michel Peters
Competitions or international meetings : Michel Peters
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The final Masters dissertation in law, version 1017-2, includes two parts:
- An internship;
- Participation in a competition.
Internship
The internship is an actual professional experience which should lead the student to working on cases, carrying out tasks and drafting legal documents. It cannot be limited to an observational internship.
Competitions or international meetings
Upon selection, students may take part in national or international interuniversity competitions. Participation in such competitions replaces the written and oral examinations (DTFE1017-2) and may replace the internship (DTFE1017-3).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Internship
The internship is an actual professional experience which should lead the student to working on cases, carrying out tasks and drafting legal documents.
Competitions or international meetings
By participating in a competition, the student demonstrates that they can develop legal reasoning, take a position, communicate this reasoning or position orally or in writing, draft a legal text, Master several modern languages other than French.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Students are eligible to being the final dissertation on the condition that:
- They have obtained their Bachelor's degree;
- They have acquired at least 45 credits in the Masters programme, assuming that their annual programme enables them to continue towards achieving their degree (a "diplômable" student);
- They have followed seminars on preparation of the final dissertation (DROI1274/2);
- Respected the requirements set out for each competition. These requirements are set out on the Faculty website.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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Internship
The internship takes place throughout the academic year and no later than the end of June 2024, with exceptions being granted by the Internship and Dissertation Committee in exceptional circumstances.
The student must perform at least 120 hours of work. In principle, this work should take place where the internship takes place, in line with the practical guidelines established by the tutors and with the intern's agreement. The intern will comply with measures and provisions taken by the host organisation, and the hours set out by them may, if necessary, take place partly through remote working. The internship supervisor will ensure the intern has some form of induction to give them an overview of the professional world in which they work. Unless the academic tutor grants an exception due to the specific nature of the internship, the intern must carry out written services on a minimum of five cases. The academic tutor may set requirements as to the content of the internship.
At the end of the internship, the student must draft an internship report (+/- 10 pages), respecting the guidelines set in the Masters dissertation regulations and, where appropriate, by their academic tutor. The internship supervisor does not provide a grade. They provide their observations, in terms of the work the student undertook, and their ability to adapt and integrate into the workplace, on the basis of an evaluation grid.
Competitions or international meetings
During the second term of the first year of the Masters, the list of international competitions and the names of the tutors supervising them is made available to students, alongside the traditional selection procedure.
If they so wish, students should submit their applications by the start of May in line with the procedures set by the relevant tutors. Applicants will be informed of the selection during May.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Internship
Blended learning
Competitions or international meetings
Blended learning
Recommended or required readings
Rules of the word ending studies
Internship
Competitions or international meetings
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
Written work / report
Other : participation à un concours, stage
Additional information:
For more information on the evaluation procedures, students selected to participate in an interuniversity or international competition can consult the Masters dissertation regulations, available on the Faculty website.
Internship
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The internship report shall form the basis of an oral presentation before the academic tutor, who grades the internship. This takes into account:
1) the internship report;
2) the student's oral presentation;
3) the comments from the internship supervisor.
1. The internship report must be submitted by the first day of the January session for students likely to make their presentation during the January session and who so request, in line with Article 58, §2, b) of the general exam regulations or 15 May for the first session; the third Monday of August for the second session.
If this falls on a public holiday, the deadline is set back to the next working day.
2. The oral presentation will take place, in principle, during the examination sessions.
3. The internship supervisor's comments are made on the basis of the evaluation grid prepared by the Committee and must be sent to the Committee secretary no later than the start of May.
Students will find more details about the internships and deadlines in the Masters dissertation regulations available on the Faculty website.
Competitions or international meetings
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
Other : participation à un concours
Additional information:
For more information on the evaluation procedures, students selected to participate in an interuniversity or international competition can consult the Masters dissertation regulations, available on the Faculty website.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Internship
An internship agreement is drafted between the internship supervisor, the student and the Faculty. This agreement must be submitted, signed by the student and the internship supervisor, in three original copies, to the Department secretariat BEFORE the start of the internship.
The student must make contact with their academic tutor at least once, and within the first two weeks of the start of their internship. This is an opportunity to check the internship is appropriate and meets the academic tutor's requirements.
Contacts
Coordination : Michel Peters - master.droit@uliege.be
Internship
Coordination : Michel Peters - master.droit@uliege.be
Competitions or international meetings
Coordination : Michel Peters - master.droit@uliege.be